📍 2601 N Queen St, Kinston, Lenoir County, 28501
Kinston High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kinston, Lenoir County. The school has 713 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lenoir County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kinston High enrolls 713 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 634 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 3.6% |
| White | 17 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
710 of the school's 713 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 710 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kinston High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-10, state senate district 7, state house district 12.
Kinston High is one of 17 schools in Lenoir County Public Schools, based in Kinston, North Carolina. The district serves 8,331 students district-wide and employs 547 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 713 students, Kinston High is larger than the district average of about 490 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant